Rhetorica

T he Youtube documentary "Unsolved Mystery: Japanese Man Found in Septic Tank " by Rhetorica is based on the following script. Make sure to watch the video for a more extensive coverage with video material and several (translated) news segments. Introduction On the 24 th of February 1989, the state funeral of Emperor Hirohito was held after his death on the 7 th of January. Hirohito had been the longest serving emperor in Japanese history from 1926 up until his death in 1989. Due to the state funeral of the emperor, workers across Japan were granted a day off from work. In the small mountain village of Miyakoji in Fukushima prefecture’s Tamura district, a 23-year old teacher (only known as A) took the opportunity to visit her family in another town for a couple of days. She left her dorm from the 24 th until the 27 th , after which she returned on the 28 th to continue her teaching at the local primary school. On the evening of the 28 th , A walked through the cold and sn...

The Youtube documentary "The Unsolved Mysterious Murder of Junko Kobayashi" by Rhetorica is based on the following script. Make sure to watch the video for a more extensive coverage with video material and several (translated) news segments.  Introduction On a cold and rainy autumn day on the 9 th of September 1996, Kenji Kobayashi spent his day away from home on a business trip to Fukushima. That same day, Kenji’s older daughter Akiko left the Kobayashi home for work as well, leaving mother Sachiko and younger daughter Junko alone at the Kobayashi home in Tokyo’s Katsushika ward. The Kobayashi family 21-year old Junko Kobayashi, a senior at Tokyo’s Sophia University, stayed at home on the second floor of the Kobayashi home. Junko majored in English, had participated in teaching English to children and aspired to be a journalist after graduating. In order to improve herself, she joined an exchange program to Seattle University in the US and was scheduled to leave in 2 days o...